Janice J. Beaty is a professor emerita, Elmira College, Elmira, New York. Dr. Beaty is not only a writer of many college texts for early childhood educators, but also a traveler. Her books for Pearson include Skills for Preschool Teachers, 9th ed., 2012, Early Literacy in Preschool and Kindergarten with L. Pratt, 3rd ed., 2011; 50 Early Childhood Literacy Strategies, 3rd ed., 2013;and 50 Early Childhood Guidance Strategies, 2006. She developed a training program for CDA trainers and led training workshops at Elmira College, Elmira, NY, in Columbia, SC, and Orlando, Fl. She has visited early childhood programs in China, Russia, Poland, Bermuda, and pueblos in New Mexico, Arizona, and many in central Missouri where she does training of Foster Grandparents who work in the classrooms. She has been a keynote speaker at early childhood conferences in Montreal, Chicago, Oshkosh, WI, San Antonio, and New Orleans. When she is not at her computer in her office on a Cape Coral canal, you might find her “out west” in one of the National Parks creating another “Jarod and the Mystery of....” juvenile books for middle school children.

• Chapter 1 Observing to Assess Children’s DevelopmentChapter 2 Recording and Collecting Observational DataChapter 3 Self-EsteemChapter 4 Emotional CompetenceChapter 5 Social CompetenceChapter 6 Physical DevelopmentChapter 7 Cognitive DevelopmentChapter 8 Spoken LanguageChapter 9 Emergent Writing and Reading SkillsChapter 10 Art, Music, and Dance SkillsChapter 11 Dramatic Play SkillsChapter 12 Sharing Observational Data with Families

Janice J. Beaty is a professor emerita, Elmira College, Elmira, New York. Dr. Beaty is not only a writer of many college texts for early childhood educators, but also a traveler. Her books for Pearson include Skills for Preschool Teachers, 9th ed., 2012, Early Literacy in Preschool and Kindergarten with L. Pratt, 3rd ed., 2011; 50 Early Childhood Literacy Strategies, 3rd ed., 2013;and 50 Early Childhood Guidance Strategies, 2006. She developed a training program for CDA trainers and led training workshops at Elmira College, Elmira, NY, in Columbia, SC, and Orlando, Fl. She has visited early childhood programs in China, Russia, Poland, Bermuda, and pueblos in New Mexico, Arizona, and many in central Missouri where she does training of Foster Grandparents who work in the classrooms. She has been a keynote speaker at early childhood conferences in Montreal, Chicago, Oshkosh, WI, San Antonio, and New Orleans. When she is not at her computer in her office on a Cape Coral canal, you might find her “out west” in one of the National Parks creating another “Jarod and the Mystery of....” juvenile books for middle school children.

• Chapter 1 Observing to Assess Children’s DevelopmentChapter 2 Recording and Collecting Observational DataChapter 3 Self-EsteemChapter 4 Emotional CompetenceChapter 5 Social CompetenceChapter 6 Physical DevelopmentChapter 7 Cognitive DevelopmentChapter 8 Spoken LanguageChapter 9 Emergent Writing and Reading SkillsChapter 10 Art, Music, and Dance SkillsChapter 11 Dramatic Play SkillsChapter 12 Sharing Observational Data with Families